Thanks Ervin for the kind words. You’re right that if we shut down there would be a loss of contacts /​ knowledge. We have gotten a lot better at fundraising overall and expect if other people were to do other fundraising projects there would be a similar learning curve. We have also built up some contacts through networking that would be useful for later projects (e.g. legacy fundraising).
I’d also add that we’ve always bought the standard fundraising advice that it’s worth investing in small first-time donors because (especially with some further best practice work, which we plan to do) they’ll on average donate more in future years. So some of our work is an upfront investment that should continue to pay off with relatively smaller amounts of future work. Internal estimates we made had this leading to quite a lot of money in future years.
Thanks Ervin for the kind words. You’re right that if we shut down there would be a loss of contacts /​ knowledge. We have gotten a lot better at fundraising overall and expect if other people were to do other fundraising projects there would be a similar learning curve. We have also built up some contacts through networking that would be useful for later projects (e.g. legacy fundraising).
I’d also add that we’ve always bought the standard fundraising advice that it’s worth investing in small first-time donors because (especially with some further best practice work, which we plan to do) they’ll on average donate more in future years. So some of our work is an upfront investment that should continue to pay off with relatively smaller amounts of future work. Internal estimates we made had this leading to quite a lot of money in future years.